Charles Mingus 1971 Let My Children Hear Music
Label: Columbia
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Avant-garde jazz, third stream
Style: Big Band, Post Bop
01 The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers (Transcription By, Orchestrated By – Sy Johnson) 9:34
02 Adagio Ma Non Troppo (Orchestrated By – Alan Raph, Transcription By – Hub Miller) 8:23
03 Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too (Conductor – Teo Macero, Transcription By, Orchestrated By – Sy Johnson, Trumpet, Soloist – Snooky Young) 9:40
04 Taurus In The Arena Of Life (Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Sy Johnson)
05 Hobo Ho (Score – Bobby Jones) 10:07
06 The Chill Of Death (Conductor – Alan Raph, Orchestrated By – Charles Mingus) 7:38
07 The I Of Hurricane Sue (Arranged By – Sy Johnson)
Liner Notes – C. Mingus
Producer – Teo Macero
Personnel:
Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet (Soloist)
Joe Wilder - trumpet (Soloist)
Snooky Young - trumpet (Lead)
Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet
Julius Watkins - French horn (Soloist)
Bobby Jones - tenor sax (Soloist)
James Moody - tenor sax
Charles McCracken - cello (Soloist)
Charles McPherson - alto sax
Jerry Dodgion - alto sax
Sir Roland Hanna - piano
Jaki Byard - piano
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Charles Mingus - bass
Ron Carter - bass
Richard Davis - bass
Milt Hinton - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
and others...
Contains "Special Bonus Enclosure: Provocative Essay by Charles Mingus" insert.
Recorded: September 23 - November 18, 1971